When 35-year-old Prudence Mabaso lost her engineering job in 2021 after working for the company for six years, the world suddenly felt smaller.
A single mother from Tsakane in Ekurhuleni with a young son who depended on her, unemployment wasnt just a setback it was a crisis. But instead of collapsing under pressure, Mabaso made a decision that would change her life and see her beat more than 2,000 competitors in an entrepreneurial competition to win R1m.
There was no romantic story about venturing into entrepreneurship, Mabaso said.